4th mini conference on Development Economics 4e mini conférence sur le développement économique February 16-17, 2007/ Les 16 et 17 février 2007 HÔTEL GOUVERNEUR 1415 rue St-Hubert, Montréal ROOM SHERBROOKE (6th floor)/SALLE SHERBROOKE (6e étage) Institutions and Development/Institutions et développement Program / Programme Friday, February 16 / Vendredi le 16 février 2007 Session 1 Chair/Président : Matthieu Chemin (UQÀM, CIRPÉE) 14:00 – 16:00 1. Emily Oster (University of Chicago, NBER) Does Increased Access Increase Equality? Gender and Child Health Investments in India Discussant/commentateur: Franque Grimard (McGill University) 2. Michael Kremer (Harvard University) Antiquities: Long-Term Leases as an Alternative to Export Bans Coauthor/coauteur: Tom Wilkening (MIT) Discussant/commentateur: Louis Hotte (Université d’Ottawa) 16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break/Pause café Session 2 Chair/Président : Joost De Laat (UQÀM, CIRPÉE) 16:15 – 18:15 3. Matthieu Chemin (UQÀM, CIRPÉE) Does Judicial Quality Shape Economic Activity? Evidence from a Judicial Reform in India Discussant/commentateur : Dean Yang (University of Michigan) 4. Raymond Fisman (Columbia Business School) Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Coauthor/coauteur: E. Miguel (U. of California, Berkeley, NBER) Discussant/commentateur: Jennifer Hunt (McGill University) 19:30 Dinner/Dîner Conference on Development Economics February, 16-17 2007 Saturday, February 17/Samedi le 17 février 2007 Session 3: Chair/Président : Paul Makdissi (Université de Sherbrooke, CIRPÉE) 8:30 – 10:30 5. Dean Yang (University of Michigan) Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis Coauthors/coauteurs: A. Park (U. of Michigan), X. Shi (U. of Michigan) and/et Y. Jang (National Bureau of Statistics, China) 6. Asim Khwaja (Harvard University) Students Today, Teachers Tomorrow? Identifying Constraints on the Provision of Education Coauthors/coauteurs: T. Andrabi (Pomona College) and/et J. Das (World Bank) Discussant/commentateur: Emily Oster (U. of Chicago, NBER) 10:30 – 10:45 Coffee break/Pause café Session 4: Chair/Président : Stéphane Pallage (UQÀM, CIRPÉE) 10:45 – 12:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER 7. Pranab Bardhan (University of California, Berkeley) Institutional Economics of Development: Some General Reflections 12:00 - 13:15 LUNCH SALLE LONGUEUIL (6th floor/6e étage) Session 5: Chair/Président : Sylvain Dessy (Université Laval, CIRPÉE) 13:15 – 15:15 8. Nava Ashraj (Harvard Business School) Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia? Coauthors/coauteurs: James Berry (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and/et Jesse M. Shapiro (U. of Chicago, NBER) Discussant/Commentateur: Sonia Laszlo (McGill University) 9. Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University) Why is Mobility in India so Low? Social Insurance, Inequality, and Growth Coauthor/coauteur: K. Munshi (Brown University, NBER) Discussant/commentateur: Marc Bellemare (Duke University) 15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break / Pause café 15:30 – 16:30 10. Eric Verhoogen (Columbia University) Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence Coauthor/coauteur : Miguel Urquiola (Columbia U., BREAD, CEPR, IZA) Discussant/commentateur : Habiba Djebbari (Université Laval, CIRPÉE) Conference on Development Economics February, 16-17 2007 .